"So, you think you're better than us, eh?" Wade hissed, kicking me in the shin. I stumbled back, then settled into a defensive stance.
Wade laughed, "You really think that's going to help you?"
I looked around at the people I was facing. They were all thugs from my normal Powers class and Wade was very obviously the leader of the gang they had been waiting outside my last lesson building for me and had dragged me off to this far side of campus, where there wasn't anyone else.
"So, gay boy... whatcha going to do? Go cry to your little Tefia, oh wait, she already beat you up as well, didn't she?"
I touched a hand to the swollen bruise on my cheek, where Tefia had accidentally whacked me where I didn't have any protection. She didn't do it on purpose, she just misjudged where I was going to dodge.
"Yeah, beaten up by a ten year old girl, how do you feel?"
"It was an accident." I said, backing away.
"Are you sure about that? Because I heard her laughing with her friends about how she tricked you and managed to knock you out."
I opened and shut my mouth like a fish, then gathered myself again. I couldn't let this bully get to me. How on earth did he end up in the higher stream?
Wade held out his palm and shot a stream of water straight at my crotch. It was really strong and I doubled over in pain.
"Aw, did little River do a wee wee in his panties? Aww, maybe we should stop now, since he's so scared. Shall we vote? All for leaving him be." no hands went up. Wade grinned maliciously. "All for beating the crap out of him." I was afraid to look up, but when I did, all hope went out of me.
Every hand was up.
Wade stepped closer to me and punched me in the cheek, pushing me backwards. As I fell, I kicked a leg up and whacked him in the chin, making his neck snap back painfully. I could taste blood in my mouth.
"Get him!" Wade yelled as he howled in pain.
I curled up into a tight ball as the other boys came over and started kicking me viscously. One of them dragged me up and held me by my neck. Two others held my arms and legs.
"So, you wanna try and be smarter than us, gay boy?" Wade said, stepping back into the scene.
"I'm not gay, why do you keep saying that?" I snapped, realising too late that I might not want to talk back.
Wade shoved his nose right into my face.
"Because you are, okay? You act like an idiot, so you're gay."
"Well that's logical." I muttered.
"What was that?"
"Nothing."
Wade punched me in the stomach and I winced, not able to double over.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing important, I just said that's logical."
Wade narrowed his eyes. "Are you calling me an idiot?"
"No, I never said-"
"You are." he said, a viscous smile igniting on his face.
The three boys threw me at the floor and I crumpled, a searing pain shooting up my leg.
"Go on then, beat me up, gay boy." Wade said, opening his arms wide.
"I... I can't." I said, feeling like the most pathetic creature ever as the tears rolled down my face.
"Okay, now before we leave, we just want you to say one thing."
